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Saturday, April 30, 2011

MATT BEYNON REES WRITES ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK

To celebrate the UK publication of my new historical thriller MOZART’S LAST ARIA, I’m giving away shiny new hardcover copies of the book signed by me (I’d love to have Mozart himself sign it, but…). To win the book, all you have to do is follow me on Twitter. Then copy the quoted text below in the message line (so I’ll know you’re entering the competition). “Follow @MattBeynonRees to win #MOZART’S LAST ARIA in hardcover. http://www.mattrees.net/mozart.html” I’ll announce the winners on Twitter and there’ll be a special bonus prize for whoever re-tweets about this competition the most.

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AMBIGUOUS CHEKHOV

"I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about my book.... One feels cleaner this way. When someone asks that his book be reviewed he risks running up against a vulgarity offensive to authorial sensibilities.''

"Isolation in creative work is an onerous thing. Better to have negative criticism than nothing at all."

"Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author’s own conscience."